As the COVID epidemic waned, public services resumed. Most importantly the APSRTC bus service to villages restarted. This helped patients easily access the RHC. The curbs on gatherings were also removed, schools restarted and all this meant we saw an uptick in the number of patients accessing the RHC.
TOTAL: 3949 - slowly approaching the monthly pre COVID Figures of 1500 per month
Children: 105 (52 M : 53 F), Elders: 692 (407 M: 285 F)
Adults: 3152 (1452 M : 1700 F)
The COVID pandemic has had an impact on mental health too. A number of students had trouble readjusting to school / college after the long lay off. Difficulties in concentration, restlessness, somatization were all common symptoms. Counselling helped a great deal. A few of the students needs short courses of Anti Depressants.
Adults were similarly affected. Loss of income, loss of crops, working children being laid off all played a part. For many of them, they had exhausted all their coping strength over the years. Faces wore a sense of hopelessness. Many of them needed Anti Depressants and a lot of encouragement. The hope came back as the restrictions were removed, providing much needed income to the families.
Lets hope that the COVID pandemic peters out and is limited to small outbreaks only
